On board her coach, she could enjoy the joyful and fun atmosphere of this lively capital. Here a couple arguing publicly. There, two drunks rolled on the floor, then one of them took advantage and hit the other"s head with all his strength on the pavement until it broke. Here a man visibly with bad thoughts dragging a young woman into a dark alley and there young children who lacked an arm, a leg or eyes. Ah, the air of capital was so unique and exciting for Ayleen who enjoyed watching these street shows open to the public. Here people were not hypocrites. They lived their lives without pretense. In these places life simply followed its course according to the most basic principle of natural selection. Certainly all this seemed uncivilized and cruel, but even the actions of the powerful were cruel. they were much more so in reality but hidden under the seal of secrecy. Moreover, when a n.o.bleman became ruthless, he certainly could not be labeled as a bad man but as a good leader just trying to do his best for the good of his people. It is also worth noting that hypocrisy can sometimes be very useful, but in Ayleen"s world the powerful have the annoying tendency at get lost in it.In the guild at that moment the atmosphere was far from calm. The responsible, was a coach with the royal coat of arms who had just to park in front of his door. The guild master had already been called and would soon be coming. It was certainly not the king since although the royal coat of arms is present, the lion"s logo representing the regent was not on the coach. In the place of this lion was a unicorn and everyone panicked wondering if any of the adventurers who represented the guild even had for one reason or another offended the kingdom. The wait did not last when a knight came to open the door of the carriage. To everyone"s surprise, a very young girl came out and talked for a moment with a woman who seemed to be an officer and then headed for the entrance under the frightened eyes of the staff and adventurers present.
Still in her little world after this pleasant walk, Ayleen did not notice the strange silence. In front of the door, she mentally prepared herself for the influx of foot and armpit smells and then bravely entered. When she saw all these people gathered , she wondered what was happening to them. Thinking about where the coach had parked and realized that she had made a big mistake.
The guild master guild arrived breathlessly knelt and spoke. "Long live his Highness; second Princess if I"m not mistaken. Has one of our members offended the royal family? Rest a.s.sured that we will immediately correct this problem. I beg you not to punish everyone. "
Ayleen felt a little annoyed. "Get up,
I"m not here at all in the name of my uncle or even the royal family. I just recently registered as an adventurer and wanted to take on a mission. It is true that parking here was not the most judicious of ideas I have had so far. But I will ask you to treat me as one of your members.
Everyone was rea.s.sured, but the guildmaster was not calm. If misfortune happened to this Princess during her mission, it was certain that everyone would suffer the consequences. "Princess if I can afford the adventurer"s job is dangerous and ..."
Ayleen was now very angry. "Keep your advice to yourself My uncle is aware of my intention, so no one has anything to say, now I will also look for a group that will agree to take me as a member."
One woman and two men, contrary to her expectations, came forward immediately. Were they not afraid? "h.e.l.lo Princess, I am Peach, a magician earth and wind and here are Mario and Luigi who are swordsmen and thieves. They are also brothers in real life but are not very talkative. Our mission is to hunt waluigi, which are tier-2 monsters that are sometimes rank 3 in the forest of illusion that breaks down from zone one to four. It will take with fast horses around two hours to arrive at the forest of illusion. If you are ready to accompany us, we will be delighted. "
Ayleen was happy, this beautiful young woman was to his liking and these two brothers seemed correct. "Thank you all three and please now that we are comrades called me Ayleen. I am certainly young but much more competent than you could imagine. I am also a magician wind but also sacred, water and s.p.a.ce. I have one or two more items but their levels are low. I am a novice so I do not know much I"m sorry, is there a special procedure to share your mission? "
Peach loved this little Princess Ayleen, she was not haughty like the majority of those annoying n.o.bles. "Not really, you have to inform the guild staff that you accept the a.s.signment and then we"ll just train the group and the misssion will be shared as well. It"s only eleven o"clock, once your recording is done and our group formed What would you say if we invited you to lunch? "
Ayleen agreed with pleasure. In the guild of adventurers the paperwork was really reduced to the minimum which was perfect. No useless and tedious paper taking hours to do. They had opted for efficiency and a number of requests to handle maximum without affecting the quality of service.
Leaving the guild and pa.s.sing through a few streets, Peach led the group to a mid-range restaurant that she said was known for good food and friendly service. It was fairly standard, an open room with no private rooms but the guests were not noisy and respected the meals of others. Everything was going well when everyone stopped talking and they saw the other guests turn to the door and then lower their heads as if they wanted to bury him on their plates.
A young man followed by two guards made his entrance, slapping a customer behind the head and heading directly to the boss of the restaurant behind the counter. "I have been told that it appears that you have not paid your monthly dues to this young master. Yet unlike other good payers your little canteen makes good profits and I"m generous enough to ask you only sixty percent of your earnings. I think you"ll rea.s.sure me by confirming that it was a totally involuntary oblivion and that will never happen again is not boss. You have forced me to speak needlessly so serve me a cherry wine and prepare the sum you owe, then do do not worry I"ll leave. Otherwise I will destroy everything inside your restaurant and so much for your unfortunate customers. "
Ayleen asked Peach, the brothers and the back table who was this little s.h.i.t and a man told him it was the son of a commander named Sanctsi. His father covering all his bad deeds, he allowed himself to do whatever he wanted. Whether it was racketeering, extortion on a larger scale, trade in women and he even went to crime if he did not get what he wanted. He was the scourge of this neighborhood and ran a small cartel of course illegal but supported by his father. Ayleen asked Peach about his group, which was starting to get upset about staying calm and not intervening. She then took out her locket and contacted Nina asking her to lead Commander Sanctsi to the restaurant. She had planned a fun game for father and son anyway she had time.
The captain had to be nearby because no more than two minutes pa.s.sed when he entered the restaurant followed by a group of knights. He obviously did not feel very well. He searched the room and was not long in finding his son and two of his own soldiers at the counter. He did not know very well why these knights had informed him that his son was disturbing the customers of a restaurant and asked him to solve the problem. If he only had to solve it it would not be too complicated in itself, but why would these knights have intervened in this middle-cla.s.s area? "
He went to his son and gave him a resounding slap. "Fool what are you still doing to extort money from honest workers? If your mother was here to see you she would certainly be depressed by your scandalous actions. For the moment come back home, You will come back here and to apologize and repay to this respectable man all the money you took him. I made myself clear. "He turned around, accompanied by the two guards and his son, who was holding his arm, and getting ready to leave, but a young voice stopped him.
Ayleen got up and without saying a word presented a kind of token to the Commandant then asked him to follow her outside. "Commander according to your action I have the right to exterminate your family. From what I heard at the restaurant you have two daughters and two sons it seems to me. Do you think it would be fair for others who are innocent to pay for the atrocities committed by this monster? I do not think so, and that is why today you will personally execute it. You who encouraged him by protecting him and threatening the people he persecuted. This will be the one and only chance that I will offer you Commander, so think about your family. I want to clarify that you are included in this family that goes without saying. Truce of chatter, you have a minute to make your choice. "
The Commander whitens to this proposal. Could he personally execute his son prefer. But she was not wrong and it was he who had made his son the bandit he had become. But his family, more exactly his own life was more important than this rascal and as long as he lived, he could have other sons. He had long wanted to have a young and beautiful concubine and lately, one of his soldier certainly waiting for a promotion had proposed his daughter of fourteen. She was a real beauty who already had a woman"s body. Finally for himself, he made the decision and pierced the heart of his son who was so dear to his heart. He felt relieved not to have to hide the bad deeds of his son, but especially this young and beautiful girl will be voluptuous very soon in his possession. But why only one? He could bring two at home? He still felt very manly and vigorous and could certainly fill at least two.
Curiously, he smiled.